Drug Policy

• The U.N.'s 10-Year Plan to Eradicate Drugs: How'd That Go?, Jacob Sullum, June 24, 2009
• If At First You Succeed, Just Wait Until the Government Finds Out, Peter Suderman, June 23, 2009
• And If There Hadn't Been Any Clouds, They Could Have Said the Sun Was in Their Eyes, Jacob Sullum, June 22, 2009
• Should Steroid Use Exclude Players From the Baseball Hall of Fame?, Jacob Sullum, June 22, 2009
• Mexico on the Verge of Decriminalizing Drug Possession, Jacob Sullum, June 22, 2009
• Drug Decriminalization in Portugal, Nick Gillespie, June 22, 2009
• Congressman Says 'Super-Marijuana' Gives You the Munchies for Brains, Jacob Sullum, June 19, 2009
• All but Three Rhode Island Legislators Vote to Approve Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Jacob Sullum, June 19, 2009
• Some Promising News on the Marijuana Front, Brian Doherty, June 18, 2009
• Drug Control Begets Gun Control, Jacob Sullum, June 16, 2009
• The Emerging Consensus About the Need for Debate, Jacob Sullum, June 15, 2009
• Why Not Two Days Instead of 366?, Jacob Sullum, June 12, 2009
• New at Reason.tv: "This is an injustice and I think everyone has gotten the message"—Is Charlie Lynch's year-and-a-day sentence the end of medical marijuana prosecution?, June 12, 2009
• UPDATE: CHARLIE LYNCH SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR AND A DAY; Free pending appeal Charlie Lynch Sentencing Is Today, June 11: Will Legal Medical Marijuana Dispensary Owner Go to Jail for Helping the Sick?, Nick Gillespie, June 11, 2009
• Nick Gillespie on Judge Napolitano's Freedom Watch Discussing Fiscal Irresponsibility and Legalization of Vice, June 11, 2009
• Los Angeles City Council: Mad at Medical Marijuana, Brian Doherty, June 10, 2009
• Reason.tv: Medical Marijuana's Whipping Boy, Charlie Lynch, to be Sentenced June 11; Faces five years for legally operating a dispensary in California, Nick Gillespie, June 8, 2009
• Adrian Fenty Fights the Menace of Alert Cabdrivers, Jacob Sullum, June 5, 2009
• Where 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Works, Jacob Sullum, June 4, 2009
• 'One of the Worst Public Health Laws Ever Conceived', Jacob Sullum, June 4, 2009
• Fusion or Confusion?, Jacob Sullum, June 4, 2009
• How to Make a Hash of Calculating Average Pot Potency, Jacob Sullum, June 1, 2009
• Warriors on Drugs, Mike Riggs, May 29, 2009
• Price of Prohibition, Jacob Sullum, May 29, 2009
• The Calm Before the Storm, May 29, 2009
• Did the Drugs Make Them Do It?, Jacob Sullum, May 28, 2009
• Birth of a Cocaine Factoid, Jacob Sullum, May 28, 2009
• Medical Marijuana: Getting Some Play in Peoria, Radley Balko, May 27, 2009
• 'Is the Government Going to Hand Out Free Marijuana to Those Who Can't Afford It?', Jacob Sullum, May 27, 2009
• Who's in Charge of Your Health?, Radley Balko, May 26, 2009
• Rep. Steve Cohen, to the FBI Director, on Pot: Show Me the Bodies!, Matt Welch, May 26, 2009
• Reason Writers Around Town: Matt Welch on Sen. Jim Bunning at True/Slant, May 26, 2009
• New Uses for Drug Money, Nick Gillespie, May 26, 2009
• Matt Welch on San Diego's KOGO AM 600 Talking About Drug Legalization at 7:10 PDT, Matt Welch, May 25, 2009
• 'Incredible Is What the Law Requires', Jacob Sullum, May 22, 2009
• Tom Tancredo Questions the War on Drugs, Jacob Sullum, May 21, 2009
• History of Weed, Nick Gillespie, May 21, 2009
• If You Care About the Uninsured, Please Drink Budweiser. Or Schlitz. Or Coors. Or Hamm's. It Doesn't Really Matter What Beer You Drink, Only That You Drink a Highly Taxed Beer. And If You Really Care About The Uninsured, Why Not Drink a Case of Beer?, Nick Gillespie, May 21, 2009
• Paying With Our Sins, Nick Gillespie, May 20, 2009
• New at Reason: Nick Gillespie on Paying With Our Sins—It's time to legalize (and tax) drugs, prostitution, and gambling, May 20, 2009
• Conservatives Against Sin Sales Taxes!, Nick Gillespie, May 20, 2009
• You Can Have My Twinkie When You Pry It From My Cold Dead Hands..., Nick Gillespie, May 20, 2009
• Maybe He Meant Antipathy, Jacob Sullum, May 20, 2009
• Play High for Life! Finally, a Family-Friendly Board Game That Explains Marijuana Policy for Kids of All Ages!, Nick Gillespie, May 19, 2009
• I Was Gonna Legalize Pot, but Then I Had Kids, Jacob Sullum, May 18, 2009
• Reason.tv: Red Eye's Greg Gutfeld on Media Bias, Intolerant Liberals, The Stupidity of Bill Maher, And Why Drugs Really, Really, Really Need to Be Legal, May 18, 2009
• Government Says Pot Is Better Than Ever (Again), Jacob Sullum, May 14, 2009
• More on Drug Czar's Bid To End War on Drugs, Radley Balko, May 14, 2009
• Drug Czar Calls for End to War on Drugs, Jacob Sullum, May 14, 2009
• Everybody Must Get Stoned: Rock Stars on Drugs, Nick Gillespie, May 13, 2009
• Vicente Fox Says Drug Legalization Should Be Considered, Jacob Sullum, May 12, 2009
• Obama Loses His "Cool", Matt Welch, May 11, 2009
• Civil Liberties Surge?, Matt Welch, May 11, 2009
• Reason Writers Around Town: Nick Gillespie in the NY Post on Everybody Must Get Stoned: Rock Stars on Drugs, May 10, 2009
• A Rare Incidence of "Government Reform" Restraint, Matt Welch, May 8, 2009
• Matt Welch to Talk With WBAL's Ron Smith About Manny Ramirez's Drug Suspension, May 7, 2009
• Majority Support for Marijuana Legalization?, Jacob Sullum, May 7, 2009
• 'We're About Harm Reduction...Except I Can't Say That', Jacob Sullum, May 6, 2009
• Tenth Circuit to Hear Arguments Today on the Science Behind Painkiller Prosecutions, Radley Balko, May 6, 2009
• Good and Bad Marijuana News, Jacob Sullum, May 5, 2009
• WARNING: Cocaine Is Not A Drug, Jeff Winkler, May 4, 2009
• Medical Marijuana Good News from New Hampshire, Brian Doherty, April 30, 2009
• U.S. Intensifies Campaign to Wipe Out Afghan Economy, Jacob Sullum, April 30, 2009
• Obama Administration Supports Eliminating Crack Sentencing Disparity, Jacob Sullum, April 29, 2009
• Step Away From the Vehicle, Jacob Sullum, April 29, 2009
• Decriminalizing Drugs—and Burglary, Too, Jesse Walker, April 28, 2009
• Blowing the Whistle on the House of Death, Radley Balko, April 27, 2009
• On Second Thought, Ignorance of the Law Is a Pretty Good Excuse, Jacob Sullum, April 24, 2009
• Is Charlie Lynch Eligible for the 'Safety Valve'?, Jacob Sullum, April 24, 2009
• Reason.tv: Will Charlie Lynch Avoid Prison for Legally Operating a Medical Marijuana Dispensary? Exclusive footage from his sentencing hearing., April 24, 2009